BC Components/Vishay Cap series?

[Colossal]

Can anyone tell me which BC Component series this electrolytic comes from (see attached photo)??. I tried contacting Vishay/BC but they bail at 4:30p. I *think* it may be the 118 series but can't confirm since the data sheets for any of their products never have a decent photo of the actual cap, just a useless line drawing with no features. This cap is stamped with the following:

+77 (or +LL)
118KO
BC
10µ M
200V 125oC
250V 85oC

About 1" x 5/16"d

Thanks for any help in advance.

[FYL]

Yep, 118 AHT.

http://www.vishay.com/docs/28334/118aht.pdf

KO stands for caps manufactured in Klagenfurt, Austria, from 2006 on (older series had HP for Zwolle, Netherlands)

[Colossal]

Yep, 118 AHT.

http://www.vishay.com/docs/28334/118aht.pdf

KO stands for caps manufactured in Klagenfurt, Austria, from 2006 on (older series had HP for Zwolle, Netherlands)

Excellent! Thanks a lot FYL! Much appreciated.

[Rich M]

How do they compare to the 041's

[Colossal]

How do they compare to the 041's

Rich, do the 041s also have spiral twisted blue aluminum casings? Just bigger voltage handling than the 118s, right?

[Rich M]

It's strange. I bought a bunch recently from a Vishay distributer and the 10uF/160V ones had the transparent blue wrapping but the 33uF/450V ones had an opaque blue wrapping and said BC/Vishay onthey. My guess is Vishay is trying to make their product line look more visually consistent, but I'm not sure.
[img:578:1020]http://webpages.charter.net/rmweb/Parts ... F-160V.jpg[/img]

[FYL]

How do they compare to the 041's

Diffrent caps for different uses.

118 AHT: low to mid voltages, 125°C ratings
041 - 043 ASH: mid to high voltages, 85°C ratings

[FYL]

My guess is Vishay is trying to make their product line look more visually consistent, but I'm not sure.

Small dia caps are wrapped spiral-style, large ones use std. sleeves.

[Rich M]

I have a older 041 33uF/450V cap that has the transparent wrap. I think this is the wrap from the old Philips days.
[img678]http://webpages.charter.net/rmweb/Parts ... --450V.jpg[/img]
[img422]http://webpages.charter.net/rmweb/Parts ... ---60V.jpg[/img]

[Colossal]

Thanks for the photos, very helpful. So is this one current production 041? [img678]http://webpages.charter.net/rmweb/Parts ... --450V.jpg[/img]
The 118s I got came from Metroamp and are 10µF/200V. Going into a standard Marshally bias circuit.

How do you guys like the 041s as far as quality/consistency/failure rate/ESR etc?

[FYL]

I think this is the wrap from the old Philips days.

Half a dozen brands and maybe twice as many factories gradually consolidated into a single entity part of the Vishay empire...

[FYL]

How do you guys like the 041s as far as quality/consistency/failure rate/ESR etc?

041's are good quality industrial-grade caps.

Datasheet:
http://www.vishay.com/docs/28329/28329.pdf

[Rich M]

Thanks for the photos, very helpful. So is this one current production 041? [img678]http://webpages.charter.net/rmweb/Parts ... --450V.jpg[/img]
The 118s I got came from Metroamp and are 10µF/200V. Going into a standard Marshally bias circuit.

How do you guys like the 041s as far as quality/consistency/failure rate/ESR etc?

That is the older of the two.

[Colossal]

That is the older of the two.

Thanks Rich, good to know. I appreciate all the help. Many thanks to you too FYL.